Effects of hypoxia on plasma amino acids of fetal sheep

Amino Acids

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 147-156

  Walker, Valerie ^a   Gentry, A J ^a   Green, L R ^c   Hanson, M A ^c   Bennet, L ^b  

^a SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c General Hospital ^*

Author keywords

Amino acids; Branched chain amino acids; Fetus; Hypoxia; Plasma

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMINO ACID; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; LYSINE; ORNITHINE; PHENYLALANINE; TYROSINE; VALINE;

AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HYPOXIA; LIVER BLOOD FLOW; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STRESS; VASOCONSTRICTION;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0034111496     PISSN: 09394451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007260050013     Document Type: Article

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